The challenge of getting a tracking device the size of a baseball on some of the world's largest, more elusive creatures isn't stopping a team of Dal researchers as they try to learn more about the movement, diet and lifestyle of several whale species.

Humans are exploiting more than one-third of the world's vertebrates and threatening the existence of more than 5,000 species, according to a global study looking at how human predation impacts biodiversity through consumption, trophy hunting and other activities.

Now ranked at 298 globally, HÂþ»­ maintained twelfth place among Canadian universities and remains the top-ranked university in Atlantic Canada.

The federal government’s proposed Agile Licensing drug approval regulations mean Canada will have less information about the risks of new medicines, and higher costs.

Dr. Jeff Dahn, one of the world's most-watched battery scientists, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Olin Palladium Award — a prestigious international prize whose past recipients include Nobel Prize winners and nominees.